ORANGE POUND CAKE

Orange Pound Cake image

This pound cake is rich, moist, and bursting with orange flavor. Top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream before drizzling with syrup.

Provided by springfield70

Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Orange Dessert Recipes

Time 1h45m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon baking soda
3 cups white sugar
1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
6 large eggs, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 each oranges, zested
1 cup sour cream, at room temperature
1 ½ cups fresh orange juice
1 cup white sugar
1 orange, zested
3 tablespoons unsalted butter

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl; set aside.
Beat white sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in eggs one at a time, then beat in vanilla extract and orange zest. Add flour alternately with sour cream in 3 additions, beginning and ending with flour. Beat until smooth. Scrape the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Spread evenly in the prepared pan.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then unmold the cake onto the wire rack to cool completely.
While the cake is cooling, bring orange juice, sugar, and orange zest to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and cook until syrupy, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and whisk in butter, 1 tablespoon at a time. Drizzle warm syrup over cake slices.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 628 calories, Carbohydrate 95.7 g, Cholesterol 149.7 mg, Fat 25.1 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 7.5 g, SaturatedFat 14.9 g, Sodium 192 mg, Sugar 70.2 g